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President Bush's two-day bus tour to promote his re-election bid continues Tuesday with four stops in Ohio. On Monday, Bush traveled across Michigan. The two states are among the most fiercely contested this year. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Seventy-three employees of the Windows on the World restaurant died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center. Some surviving employees are forming a workers' cooperative and opening a co-op restaurant in Lower Manhattan. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

NPR's Ari Shapiro reports from the hometown of Joseph Darby, the army specialist responsible for bringing the abuse of Iraqi prisoners to light. In the small Pennsylvania town of Jenners, Darby's former neighbors and teachers agree he always stood up for his beliefs.

The Federal Election Commission begins hearings on whether to regulate independent political groups. Republicans and reform advocates want to shut down these groups, which are spending millions of dollars to promote Democrat Sen. John Kerry's presidential bid in battleground states such as Ohio. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

North Carolina Sen. John Edwards kicks off a three-day tour in delegate-rich California to garner support for the March 2 round of 10 Democratic presidential contests. Edwards courts new backing by lavishing praise on his one-time competitor for the nomination, former Vermont governor Howard Dean. NPR's John McChesney reports.

The collected papers of the late Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, author of the Roe v. Wade decision, detail how Blackmun came to write the critical decision -- even though he was the court's most junior justice at the time. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

NPR's John Ydstie reports on a Web site that is intended to bring together single mothers who want to set up households together. Hear from Carmel Sullivan, founder of co-abode.org and from a satisfied client, Natalie Pace.

The Houston suburb of Katy, Texas, is home to an exotic but little-known attraction: the country's only replica of China's Forbidden City. Known as the Forbidden Garden, the attraction opened in 1996 and features a huge burial pit representing the tomb of China's first emperor. Sarah Richards reports.

Researchers have put a theoretical height limit on the world's tallest trees. According to an article in the science journal Nature, it's difficult for California redwoods to drag water up much higher than 426 feet. NPR's Ketzel Levine reports.

Two more Israeli soldiers die in Gaza after gun battles with Palestinian militants Friday. In the past three days, 13 Israeli soldiers have been killed in clashes with militia gunmen, and well over 100 Palestinians have been killed or wounded. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports.